chavez has been suffering from cancer. also just to give you and idea how uneven the playing field is in venezuela, just for the sake of a hypothetical scenario, imagine president obama has a national tv network paid for with public funds that he can use whenever he pleases to campaign. that's exactly what chavez has in venezuela. he has a national tv network and also venezuela law allows him to break into programming, even if the broadcasters are private, if the government decides that it is okay to do so. >> whatever kind of campaign he wants they can put it on the air. >> meanwhile, this man has to go through regular channels like candidates here in the huns. he has to pay for air time. pay for spots. to begin with that part of the campaign alone is highly, highly unfair. >> does he have a chance? does he have any kind of chance? >> you saw him there campaigning. he's very energetic. he's traveling by bus. campaigning throughout venezuela by bus. he's visited more than 300 towns. again given the circumstances, it's an u